Early Tuesday morning we reportedthat it was rumored that Sony Pictures had pushed up the U.S. release date of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones from Aug. 23 to Aug. 21.

Cassandra Clare confirmed the exciting news to us on Tuesday afternoon.

“I’m really excited because it means the fans will get to see the movie earlier!” Clare told us. “It also reflects a lot of confidence in the film on the part of the studio to move it to a Wednesday release date so I’m really excited about that, too.”

The fact that Sony Pictures moved the release date to a Wednesday, like Clare said, shows a lot of faith on the studio’s part. It will also help boost the opening weekend gross.

Note: This date is only confirmed for the U.S. as Sony Pictures is the distributor for the U.S. only. Sony does not control the release of the film internationally. Check with your country’s distributor to see if they plan on changing the date.

UPDATE: We also received confirmation directly from Sony Pictures about the date switch. The studio shared this graphic revealing the new release date:

U.S. Shadowhunters: How excited are you to see the film two days earlier? Will you be attending a midnight showing on Tuesday, Aug. 20? How many times do you plan on seeing the movie opening weekend Sound off in the comments!

Does anyone know if the new release date applies to Australia? Its terrible but if it comes out a little later, i will be able to see it with my best friend and we are both massive TMI fans so we want to see opening night but not without each other… dilemma!!

I wish I could see it the day it comes out but I won’t be in America. I’ll be in the UK until the 23 of August. I won’t be able to see the movie there either cause I’ll be seeing plays every day and when I’m not seeing plays, I’m performing in a play.

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